United Press War Correspondent
Jack Frankish reported the F i r s t army setback in a dispatch from the H u r t
g e n forest southeast of Aachen, out of which t h e doughboys burst in t h e
first few hours of their attack Thursday.

Two-Way Blitz

Rocks Reich

LONDON—(U.P.)—

Two big fleets of American
bombers from Italy a n d Britain dealt crushing blows S a t u r d a y to nazi w a r t
a r g e t s along

The 15th a i r force i n I t a l
y sent i t s forts and Liberators against Regensburg,' Munich and Augsburg in
southern Germany and Linz, Austria. The two-way attack on the reich, engaging
perhaps 2,500 U. S. w a r - p l a n e s , w a s one of t h e most widespread of
the war. After throwing 500 fighters against

American raiders Thursday, the
German air force put up no resistance against t h e planes flying from B r i t
a i n Saturday.

The great force of Flying
Fortresses a n d Liberators, escorted by u p w a r d of 800 Thunderbolt and
Mustang fighters, hit synthetic oil plants and oil refineries in Hamburg -
Harburg area a n d at Gelsenkirchen;
unidentified objectives at Hannover, and rail y a r d s a t Saarbrucken.

The i n s t i t u t e h a s made 115 pre-election surveys during the past n
i n e y e a r s that come out on the r i g h t side 102 times, and on
the wrong side 13 times, for a batting a v e r a g e of .900.

I nview of the' r e l a t i v e closeness of t h e r
a c e in many states, and the unknown factor of t h e soldier vote, it is
to be expected that many s t a t e s i n t h e i n s t i t
u t e ' s survey will be found to h a v
e b e e n placed on t h e wrong side.

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December 7, 1941 had a great impact on E. T. and others that remember the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to the attack, many of us were reporting on Current Events that led up to the outbreak of World War II, September 6, 1939. E. T. was 15 years old and living in Ellensburg Washington. The impact was profound, we lost acquaintances and friends in the attack that President Roosevelt referred to as a “DAY OF INFAMY'.
These events which were “Current Events” in 1942 to 1946 have been preserved by
“Access NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE”; E. T. is presenting copies of these files to generate an interest in our past history that should not be forgotten.
Lives were changed as America was forced into the conflict; my older brother and many of his friends were drafted or enlisted in the Military services and E. T. served in the U. S. Maritime Service and Merchant Marine on three ships during the conflict.